'Grease' dazzles the audience this weekend

Get ready to relive the high romance of "Summer Nights" and the fun of "Greased Lightning" with Southern Door High School's production of "Grease," Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's popular school version musical. Remaining performances are at 7:30 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Southern Door Community Auditorium.

The students have all the moves down for the 1950s with hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and the gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" are dazzling in their bobby sox, pedal pushers, and poodle skirts. Tickets cost $9 for adults and $6 for students 18 and younger.

Christmas store

An event that my children look forward to each year is the Southern Door Family Center's Christmas Store. Volunteer elves help kids ages 4-12 shop for new items at affordable prices and then wrap them up so everything is a big surprise on Christmas day. This activity teaches children valuable lessons about giving, making choices and budgeting. No child is turned away for inability to pay.

In order to make it all happen, the Christmas Store relies on generous donations of new items or money to purchase needed items. Particularly needed are items for men and teens such as hunting socks, fishing lures, golf balls, tape measures, tools, work gloves, board games, iTunes cards, card games, headphones, and bath and body products, but any gift new items for all ages are welcome.

Call the Family Centers of Door County at (920) 825-1430 or email director@familycentersdc.com to arrange a donation pickup or drop-off or for more information about volunteering.

Each year more than 350 youngsters visit the Children's Christmas Stores held at four locations throughout Door County in November and December. This year the Children's Christmas Store will be in Brussels from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Dec. 14 at the former Family Centers Office at 1400 County DK.

Shoebox gifts

Another fun activity my family enjoys this time of the year is filling shoeboxes with gifts for Operation Christmas Child (OCC) which are distributed in more than 100 countries. It is easy and fun for all ages.

The nationwide collection week for OCC is Nov. 18-24, and shoebox gifts can be drop off in Door County at First Baptist Church of Sturgeon Bay, 610 N. Fifth Ave. This year, the local goal is set to collect 1,600 shoebox gifts.

To create a shoebox gift, fill a standard-size cardboard or plastic shoebox with new items a boy or girl would love. Age categories are 2-4 years, 5-9 years, and 10-14 years. Great items to include in your box are school supplies, a bar of soap, tube of toothpaste and a toothbrush, small toys, a stuffed animal, flashlights with extra batteries, hard candy and chewing gum placed in a Ziploc bag, and clothes. Tuck in a picture or note. Avoid packing liquids (shampoo, bubbles, hand sanitizer), perishables, glass, items that melt (chocolate and Jolly Ranchers), war related items, or used items.

If you pay the shipping cost online, you will get a special label to be able to follow where your box goes. Check that out at www.samaritanspurse.org. Or include a $7 check to Samaritan's Purse with your box.

Bring your shoebox gift to the OCC Relay Center at First Baptist Church of Sturgeon Bay. Collection hours are 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 18-22 and 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 23-24. For more information, call (920) 825-1104.

Weight Watchers

The Brussels Weight Watchers group is going strong and welcomes more people to the meetings on Tuesday night at 1400 County DK in Brussels. Weigh-in starts at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Get a head start on healthy habits before the holidays take hold. Anyone curious about the meeting can drop in and attend for free.

Upcoming

Be sure to mark your calendar for a Parks, Phillips and Co. Christmas Concert. The band will perform at 2 p.m. Dec. 1 at Country Bible Church, Wisconsin 54, Casco with all the songs you love for the Christmas season.

A freewill offering will be taken.

This is Parks, Phillips and Co.'s only Christmas concert for the season, so don't miss out!

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'Grease' dazzles the audience this weekend

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